Then he sent out a dove to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground.
OJBAlso he sent forth a yonah (dove) from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the adamah;
Onkelos (Etheridge)And he sent forth a dove from (being) with him, to see whether the waters were lightened (or consumed) from the surface of the earth.
T4TThen Noah sent out a dove to find out if the water had all receded on the ground.